Last week, we left off with the Work Out crew at Sushi Dan.Rebecca and Jackie had just “come out” to the group, and the sh*t was hitting the fan.

We pick back up with Jackie and Rebecca making out.Jesse is commenting on how grossed out he is by the whole thing.Jesse decides to take off, as he was super upset that he didn’t know anything about this.

Erika comes to Jesse’s defense, and says that he is sensitive, while Rebecca tells the camera that he needs to suck it up, in not so many words.

Brian explains why Jesse was upset.Jackie points out that Jesse has always had a problem with Rebecca.I never picked up on that before.

Peeler comments that they aren’t judging, and they are just having a hard time absorbing it all.He compares it to coming home and finding the furniture rearranged.Jackie’s response?“Furniture, I thought we were talking about sex.”Is it just me, or does Peeler get unfair crap most of the time?He usually is on point.

Tiffany walks in to the restaurant, and plants one on Jackie.Oh snap, catfight on tap.Tiffany scoots in next to Jackie.Rebecca asks Tiffany to move so she isn’t so squished.At this point, Jackie starts ignoring Rebecca and only plays with Tiffany.Rebecca is clearly super jealous at this point, especially when Jackie tells her to stop eating off of her plate.Ouch!

Erika says its time to go because she feels that Rebecca must be uncomfortable.Nice of her, considering that she is supposed to be “the bitch.”They all get ready to go except for Jackie and Rebecca.Andre makes some comments that offend Jackie, who says it’s because he is jealous,since Rebecca and Tiffany are supposedly heterosexual, but she can get in their pants and he can’t. When they leave, Andre says to Zen, “are you gonna be next?” That is what I said last week when Zen was in her nightie.

Jackie and Tiffany are talking first about Andre and then Rebecca.We find out that Jackie and Tiffany had had a hot, torrid affair for 5 months (this was while Jackie was with Mimi).In Episode 2 they had mentioned dating, but never said it was for that long.

Jackie says that Tiffany has gotten much better at sex, (Let’s guess what’s for dessert).and that she has changed; she is more masculine, and Jackie digs that.She also claims that she is normally such a sexual aggressor and now Tiffany is stepping it up a bit more.

Yes, they go back to Jackie’s drink champagne, make out on the couch, and then Jackie suggests they go to her bed.Damn Jackie got serious game!

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Jackie is in therapy, talking about how she feels in control and over Mimi.Dr. Sheryl prompts her to talk about her current dating life.Jackie says she is dating two people right now.Dr. Sheryl points out that both people Jackie is dating should know.Jackie owns up about dating one of her trainers, and seems to not need to talk about it that much, and acts like everything she is doing is completely on the up and up.

Meanwhile, the guys are talking about Jackie and Rebecca and the sushi night.Gregg points out that probably the worst thing was how Tiffany came to meet them while Jackie and Rebecca had just started defending their “love” for each other to the gang.

Jesse and Jackie start talking in her office.Jesse says that she can’t make out in public bathrooms anymore.Jackie counters that all the guys had too many problems, especially Andre.Jesse says that lesbians can’t casually date.

We jump to Peeler and Andre talking about the situation and how it isn’t ethical for the boss to date one of the employees.

Jackie walks in on Peeler and Andre, and starts discussing the issue with them.Andre owns up to being jealous, and they have a lighthearted conversation.Doug points out this is just “gym drama,” ending the issue, for now.Jackie says that in her pool, her fish are hotter and she will always get them more easily than Andre will.That is because Jackie is a man-eating, no, woman-eating shark, and she will prey upon all the impressionable, curious, heterosexual chicks out there. successful, attractive woman.

Peeler is working out with his client, Floyd, at Sky Lab.We then find out that Doug’s birthday is the next day, and once you hit 40, you really feel it (he’s turning 44).

Cheo, Doug’s ex-partner is back at the gym to work out with Doug.He had kidney failure and needs to get in shape before his transplant.Some sappy stuff between Doug and Cheo.Where did it go wrong, etc.Sorry, not much detail here.

Creepily and ominously, Cheo tells the camera that Doug Blasdell’s parents didn’t live past 43, and that is Doug’s age now.

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Rebecca walks in to Jackie’s office and asks about Tiffany; she says that Jackie omits details.Jackie claims that she feels bad that she might have inadvertently hurt Rebecca’s feelings.Rebecca claims that she doesn’t really feel jealous, but Jackie sees through it.They make plans to hang out on Thursday night. (Will Jackie flake on Rebecca?)

Jesse comes up to Rebecca and says that some of his clients are lesbians (he has the Sky Lab lesbian couple as clients), and that she shouldn’t casually date one of them.Rebecca finds this inappropriate, I find it hysterical.Jesse then goes to train his clients (they really are lesbians) and refers to himself as the “lesbian whisperer.”

We go to Doug’s 44th party, a joint party with Erika (don’t know how old she is).Rebecca comes dressed up, but without any underwear.Jackie calls it “understated sexiness,” and that she taught Rebecca everything she knows. Erika shows up late, to her own party, which was low key, not like their last outings.Very slow, makes me want to drink, heavily, for them.

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Andre is working out with his client Kiki.She’s doing well, but just has a problem with Jackie’s meal plan.She ate two Eggo waffles instead of Jackie’s morning protein shake. (Which is a delicious concotion of whey protein, liquid amino acids, Mega Green powder, Flax seed oil, mixed berries, and milk).

Doug is with his friend Cheo a the hospital.We get to see some medical procedure that I won’t go into detail about.Arteries, blood, needles, oh my!

Doug is sitting through the procedure, and starts looking woozy, dizzy.Cheo says he is dehydrated.

We cut back to Sky Sport and Spa, and Erika walks in to train a client, and tells Rebecca that the crack is back (Crack is Whack!!)Erika’s client is Megan, who wants to fit in a dress by the Oscars.Erika is training her and tells her that consistency is key, and that she is doing a workout (peripheral heart action) that quickly shifts the focus between the upper and lower body. Would be interesting to learn more about this type of workout. I think it keeps your heart rate consistent while working out different parts of the body.

Jackie hasn’t seen Doug since his birthday party.The trainers are standing around and realize that nobody has seen him.

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Doug hasn’t trained anyone at Sky Sport for a week, and none of the trainers have seen him since the party.Jackie gets a call from Cheo.She feels numb, wants to walk away, but she can’t because she has to stay strong for her trainers.

The trainers gather, and Jackie informs them that right around his birthday, Doug got a really bad flu.He was so dehydrated that his kidney shut down.The doctors put him into a drug induced coma, and he developed a really bad infection.However, he is out of the coma and recovering.At this point, Jackie is saying that she thinks he will be out of the hospital in a week or two.

Next week.Another team building session, with Rebecca throwing a glass of water at Jesse.I guess there really is tension between them.Drama!

During last week, after I had seen my strength gains, if you had asked me how I felt, I would have said great.However, come Friday, my answer, my answer would have been, fluish.

What a terrible thing to happen, just when I had seen some progress.Friday, I had planned to keep my momentum going with my back. It was not meant to be, as I came home early from work, passed out, and woke up with a fever and sore throat.Part of me wanted to just take some Motrin and go.Sanity kicked in, and I made myself stay in bed the rest of the day, forcing myself to drink water, and that’s pretty much it.

Saturday, I felt much better; at least I told myself I did.After all, when I was competing as an athlete, there was more than one occasion that a coach had fibbed about the seriousness of a fever and I had gone out and played.No big deal.

Anyway, my fever had come down, and I went about with my day like nothing was wrong.I had eaten some soup, but just wasn’t feeling all that hungry.I figured I would take a quick snooze before heading to workout; I intended to do a light workout.1) I was still sick, 2) Since I wasn’t 100%, I didn’t want to lift because I wouldn’t have seen the gains I had seen during the week.

After I woke up, my temperature had risen a bit again to about 100F.Should I, shouldn’t I go work out?I said screw it, I got up, grabbed a (sugar-free) red bull, and went to the gym. The Saturday evening spin class isn’t too bad, so I did that.I got in a good sweat, and, lo and behold, I felt great!Released some endorphins, and fever was completely gone.It was a fever that I just had to sweat out!

Obviously, I didn’t have the flu if I could hit the gym the second day into my sickness.Still I was sick, and determined to force it to go away.Definitely, the endorphins helped, and it wasn’t a super intense workout.I did the same thing on Sunday, about 45 minutes of cardio that was not too intense for me.

Before I go on, I should point out that working out when you are really sick is inconsiderate.Forgetting about how I felt, if I had bee really ill and did have the flu, and still went to the gym, I could have infected other people.

Many people say that you can’t sweat a fever out.I don’t know whether that is true or not.It could be a mind over matter thing.If you believe you feel ill, you will be ill, to some extent.I think that is why my coaches wouldn’t be completely transparent the few times I really was sick and they convinced me I wasn’t.In any case, this time, I really did have a fever that I had to sweat out.